Great Art Thefts

Charlotte Guillain

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'Great Art Thefts' examines famous art crimes and the hunt to find the thieves. Part of the Treasure Hunters series, 'Great Art Thefts' offers a cross-curricular mix of science & technology and history, with a fun, dramatic approach. Art thefts covered in the book include the Mona Lisa, the Scream, the Millennium theft from the Ashmolean Museum, and the greatest ever single art theft: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. The book also looks at the motives for these crimes, and the measure that can be taken to protect valuable works of art from unscrupulous criminals.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 17 janvier 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406264562
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 15 Mo

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Great Art Thefts

CHARLOTTE GUILLAIN

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Edited by Laura Knowles, Adam Miller, Harriet Milles, and Helen Cox Cannons Designed by Victoria Allen Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2013 Illustrated by Martin Bustamante Picture research by Tracy Cummins Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Production by Alison Parsons Printed and bound in China by Leo Paper Products Ltd 2013

ISBN 978 1 406 24967 5 16 15 14 13 12 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Guillain, Charlotte. Great art thefts.  (Treasure hunters) 364.1’6287dc23 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Alamy pp.11 (©Mary Evans Picture Library),

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Expert consultant We would like to thank Catherine Schofield Sezgin for her invaluable help in the preparation of this book. Catherine Sezgin has a master’s degree in International Art Crime Studies and is the editor of the ARCAblog for the Association for Research into Crimes against Art.

contents Valuable but vulnerable ...................................................... 4

MissingMona Lisa............................................................... 8

Boston burglary .................................................................16

StealingThe Scream26...........................................................

New Year’s theft ..................................................................34

Where do the paintings go? ...............................................40

Protecting art .....................................................................42

Timeline.............................................................................44

Glossary ............................................................................45

Find out more.....................................................................46

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V A L U A B L E B U T V U L N E R A B L E Have you ever visited a museum or gallery to see a famous work of art? Or maybe you’ve heard of paintings such as theMona Lisa, which are known around the world? What makes these paintings so special?

Many famous artists didn’t make much money when they were alive. But sometimes certain painters’ or sculptors’ work can become very well known and valuable. Museums and collectors will pay millions of pounds for a single work of art.

Most museums and galleries hire security guards to protect the works of art.